Principles of War eBook Carl von Clausewitz Georg Hamm
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Clausewitz wrote "Principles of War" in 1811-1812. Originally used as an overview for a general's student, the work had acquired an importance of its own since then. Completed 10-17 years before Clausewitz' "On War", "Principles of War" can be useful in understanding the development of the general's thought, deeper insight into "On War", or just as a primer on Clausewitz' thought. This new translation includes the whole classic work, with the exception of archaic and purely tactical diagrams.
Principles of War eBook Carl von Clausewitz Georg Hamm
This is a somewhat intriguing work, though not for anything revealed in terms of war. It is a reprint of the 1960 Stackpole Books military classics, itself a translation of the German reprint of 1936. The introduction gives probably the best short bio of Clausewitz I have read, Very shy and reserved, he never wrote anything published in his life; as he wanted to totally redo the Prussian army, he was never given the chance. Why? Nobody thought he could lead men into battle, nor (because he didn't popularize his ideas) did they really understand what he wanted to do. There is also the missed irony that the same Prussian military that wanted to beat France and Napoleon had many officers leave for Russian service after getting beaten so badly and disliking the terms of peace...after essentially goading Frederick William into the war! Then the intro goes into On War for a bit, but I can skip that.What I found interesting, is how most of German WWII military thought can be explained by the contents of this essay, rather than On War. Going on about how the probabilities are often against you (p.12), leaders showing severity bordering on cruelty (p.65), blind faith in earlier impressions rather than weakening impressions of the current moment (p.67), and the need of a powerful emotion and not despairing of success until the last moment (p.69), this makes Hitler seem, well, like he was only following what Clausewitz wrote for the leaders! The decision to destroy a Soviet army around Kiev instead of going for Moscow is following the strategic principles laid out by Clausewitz (p.45), then trying to starve the Soviet war machine later when that fails, is right here. Don't listen to anyone else because they are a pedant who will lead you to ruin (p.12), just be firm and stubborn (picture Hitler railing at his generals for their weakness in pointing out any flaws in his plans) and determined to find a glorious end and you will be crowned with a shining glory (p.69) all do much to explain why Hitler, and to a lesser extent the Kaiser, lost both wars. Death or glory, from a man who had neither in the army he served...and enough ego to say that anyone who contradicted him was wrong, and would lead you to disaster, while not really noticing that his "principles" led to much greater risks: the folly of the leader who believes himself always in the right. While Captain Kirk can ignore the odds and always win, real life is much different, and as Clausewitz liked to refer to history, he certainly should have known better than that.
The best part of the book, in my opinion, is the part on tactics. While the 'obsolete' stuff is italicized due to being thought unnecessary, it is still good, especially if one is into wargaming and history, and don't want to get a very technical book that may be expensive or out of print (say, Nafziger's Imperial Bayonets) to learn about how the troops tried to fight. All in all, I'd much rather have this slender volume on my shelf than On War, even if it is a bit frightening how the leaders are supposed to see war!
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Principles of War eBook Carl von Clausewitz Georg Hamm Reviews
Carl Von Clausewitz was a great professional soldier with a great military mind. He wrote a few great books and this is one of them. What I like about this book is that it has the basics for military strategy and thinking. Read this if you don't want to the read the long book "Vom Kriege" (On War).
The book is what I expected and does not yield any new information. I am not sure it is worth the price but if you don't have it in your library it may be worth it. I think Clausewitz on page 60 and 61 of this book said it best The principles of the art of war are in themselves extremely simple and quite within the reach of sound common sense....These principles are within reach of a well organized mind....
Great complimenting book to On War.
It is very focused on tactics. Is Nothing compere to On War. It sepas lite Clausewitz wrote it Just to please the Prince.
While I have not had the opportunity to read through the book yet I have received it and just thought I'd share my initial perception and hopefully clarify some confusion. The first part of this book was binded with a publication entitled "Moral and Religious Duty of a Chiropractor" and I've been searching at length to determine if there was some kind of connection that I was wholly unaware of, but being unable to find one I've determined it was probably an error on the part of the publishing company and leads me to disrecommend this particular version for anyone considering. I have to second the previous commenter's sentiment about the inconsistent sizing of the fonts and overall terrible formatting in this book. However, the content is all there and the binding is sturdy so I suppose if you don't mind the formatting this version may be for you.
It ok, good for the price.
A fascinating read, really helps to delve into the mindset of a classic military genius.
This is a somewhat intriguing work, though not for anything revealed in terms of war. It is a reprint of the 1960 Stackpole Books military classics, itself a translation of the German reprint of 1936. The introduction gives probably the best short bio of Clausewitz I have read, Very shy and reserved, he never wrote anything published in his life; as he wanted to totally redo the Prussian army, he was never given the chance. Why? Nobody thought he could lead men into battle, nor (because he didn't popularize his ideas) did they really understand what he wanted to do. There is also the missed irony that the same Prussian military that wanted to beat France and Napoleon had many officers leave for Russian service after getting beaten so badly and disliking the terms of peace...after essentially goading Frederick William into the war! Then the intro goes into On War for a bit, but I can skip that.
What I found interesting, is how most of German WWII military thought can be explained by the contents of this essay, rather than On War. Going on about how the probabilities are often against you (p.12), leaders showing severity bordering on cruelty (p.65), blind faith in earlier impressions rather than weakening impressions of the current moment (p.67), and the need of a powerful emotion and not despairing of success until the last moment (p.69), this makes Hitler seem, well, like he was only following what Clausewitz wrote for the leaders! The decision to destroy a Soviet army around Kiev instead of going for Moscow is following the strategic principles laid out by Clausewitz (p.45), then trying to starve the Soviet war machine later when that fails, is right here. Don't listen to anyone else because they are a pedant who will lead you to ruin (p.12), just be firm and stubborn (picture Hitler railing at his generals for their weakness in pointing out any flaws in his plans) and determined to find a glorious end and you will be crowned with a shining glory (p.69) all do much to explain why Hitler, and to a lesser extent the Kaiser, lost both wars. Death or glory, from a man who had neither in the army he served...and enough ego to say that anyone who contradicted him was wrong, and would lead you to disaster, while not really noticing that his "principles" led to much greater risks the folly of the leader who believes himself always in the right. While Captain Kirk can ignore the odds and always win, real life is much different, and as Clausewitz liked to refer to history, he certainly should have known better than that.
The best part of the book, in my opinion, is the part on tactics. While the 'obsolete' stuff is italicized due to being thought unnecessary, it is still good, especially if one is into wargaming and history, and don't want to get a very technical book that may be expensive or out of print (say, Nafziger's Imperial Bayonets) to learn about how the troops tried to fight. All in all, I'd much rather have this slender volume on my shelf than On War, even if it is a bit frightening how the leaders are supposed to see war!
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